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Cryptic pregnancy is a condition in which a pregnant woman is unaware of her pregnancy until reaching labour. Reasons the woman may be unaware of the pregnancy may include the woman being on weight-affecting medication, having regular menstrual bleeding, a lack of symptoms of pregnancy, and the fetus being unusually small. There are also examples of women going through cryptic pregnancies and being acutely aware of what is happening to them, but are not able to have their pregnancy confirmed by a doctor, because of very low or non existent HCG levels. In most cases these confirmations are denied by negative urine tests, negative blood tests and negative ultrasounds. Unfortunately due to the fact that this a phenomenon that is not yet recognized in the medical profession, these pregnancies go under the radar until labour and subsequent birth. Cryptic pregnancy is in contrast to denial of pregnancy, where the woman is subconsciously aware of her pregnancy, but denies its existence. It is estimated that "1 in 450 doesn't know her () status until week 20 or later (more than halfway through the pregnancy), and 1 in 2,500 is oblivious until she actually goes into labor. " == See also == * ''I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant'', a 2009 television documentary on cryptic pregnancy * (http://www.crypticpregnancysupportgroup.com/ ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cryptic pregnancy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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